Amazing. You keep lumping all Protestants together by saying we believe in ordaining homosexuals. Not all Anglican brances do this. The UMC does not, and has defrocked pastors for attempting to do so. I do not condone that practice.
As for you getting mad at me about the quote you highlighted, I'm sorry but many DID drift in atheism? Why? Because the Bolsheviks played on the anger of the peasantry toward the Russian Orthodox Church, which was accused of catering to the aristocracy. Are people drifting back toward Christianity? Sure. But that does not take away the fact that many people drifting away from Orthodoxy.
Does that mean Orthodoxy produces more atheists? Of course not - that is ludicrous. All denominations have some atheists born out of them. Maybe I should have worded my response differently; I was fuming when, once again, my faith was attacked (which I should expect on an Orthodox board). I wrote that because there was mention of people who love "praise" worship as feeling something only momentarily. That is ludicrous as well. Also, I said "many" drifted away from Orthodoxy, and that is fact. "Many" is not synonymous with "all."
My point - every single Christian denomination, including yours, is not pefect, and is made up of fallible men. Many drift away from Protestant churches - I've read about them on this forum. All denominations are susceptible to losing followers because they are ran by imperfect men. God's kingdom is not of this world, a world devoid of perfection due to Adam's transgression. All we can do is to continue to have faith in His saving grace to get through it.
